And all of the stressors we are subjected to significantly deplete the body of vital nutrients. If the nutrients required by the body for optimal health are not replenished, symptoms of disease soon follow.

So let’s talk a bit about some of these nutrients.

Without amino acids, life would not be possible. However, in order for amino acids to function properly, there must be a balance of amino acids in conjunction with vitamins, minerals and other substances which are necessary for good health.

Let’s take tryptophan (a precursor to serotonin) as an example. In order for tryptophan to do its job, it must first react with Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C. Water-soluble vitamins such as the B vitamins and Vitamin C are easily destroyed, and if they are not replaced daily a deficiency is sure to follow.

In the case of tryptophan, if there is insufficient Vitamin B6 and/or Vitamin C in the body, the tryptophan-serotonin pathway becomes blocked resulting in low serotonin levels in the body. And the effects of low serotonin levels in the body are extremely well-known. They are:

Insomnia

Depression

Anxiety

Eventual hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Many people have tried to use tryptophan to treat these conditions only to give up because they were unable to get relief from their symptoms. You can now see how without addressing all nutritional deficiencies, the desired result would be impossible to achieve.

Unfortunately, even modern medicine hasn’t made this obvious connection. Instead of addressing the root cause of the condition, countless pharmaceuticals have been created to simply treat the symptoms (many serotonin based, the very hormone that is dependent upon tryptophan).

Popular prescriptions for insomnia have recently made headlines due to “Risk of Death”. The following are only some that have been named:

Ambien

Restoril

Sonata

Lunesta

A recent article on FOX News.com stated,

“People who took more than 132 pills a year were not only five times more likely to die, but were also at greater risk of developing several types of cancer, and 35 percent more likely to be diagnosed with any type of cancer, overall”

In the UK, the following was said in an eye opening article;

“Experts have warned that sleeping pills prescribed in the UK could increase the risk of death more than four-fold.”

The list of drugs used for treating anxiety is almost endless, however some of the more popular include:

Cymbalta

Ativan

Lexapro

Paxil

Valium

Xanax

Dr. Peter Bongiorno, naturopath, wrote an intresting article in Psychology Today. He states,

“These anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications are among the most prescribed in the United States – and possibly the most dangerous. According to a report in the 2010 Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, people who use anti-anxiety medication have a 36% increased mortality risk. That means persons using these drugs are almost 40% more likely to die than people who do not use them…”

To further support this argument was a Canadian study done 2010 finding that the dangers of anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs were significant enough to conclude the following;

“…physicians should systematically consider possibilities for nonpharmacological treatment of sleep disturbances and anxiety.”

Anti-depressants are not in short supply. The list of these drugs grows every year, no doubt due to the high demand and obvious profit tied to this modern day epidemic. Some of the more popular anti-depressants are:

Wellbutrin

Cymbalta

Paxil

Prozac

Zoloft

But these drugs are not necessarily what they are advertised to be. The following movie is revealing:

And the answer has been here all along. Consume real nutrition, supplement the deficiencies, manage stress and get regular moderate exercise.

Personally I have experienced all three symptoms on that list: insomnia, anxiety and possibly depression. Never did the medical doctors (and I went to four looking for answers):

Show concern about my lifestyle habits (stress, exercise, etc.)

Show concern for chemicals in the air, water and food supply

Show concern about nutritional deficiencies

Show concern as to WHY I felt these symptoms

What they did do was give me free samples of drugs and told me to “Try it and see if it helps, and if it doesn’t, we’ll try a different drug (or add another one)”. (See “My Story of Healing“)

Another example is the connection between a deficiency of the the amino acid arginine and disease. An arginine deficiency can potentially cause high blood pressure and eventual cardiovascular disease. This is because arginine is a precursor of nitric oxide (NO) which is vital for cardiovascular health. This is evident by the drugs most commonly prescribed for angina pectoris (severe chest pain due to a lack of blood, thus oxygen supply to the heart muscle). For more, see Heart Disease: Nitric Oxide/Arginine Cure?

Some of the more popular drugs include:

Caduet

Coreg

Nitrostate

Ranexa

The key to true health lies in cause, not masking the symptoms. With depression/anxiety and cardiovascular/heart disease being major health concerns in today’s society, you can see the importance of maintaining a balance between amino acids and other nutrients.

Without amino acids, many vitamins and minerals could not be utilized in the body. And with the U.S. steadfast to a nutrient deficient diet consisting of never-ending processed foods and fast-foods, all with added chemicals, preservatives, and food additives, along with the increasing dispersal of prescription drugs for everything under the sun, it is more than likely that we suffer from amino acid imbalances to a greater extent than once thought.

If this wasn’t the case, wouldn’t people be getting healthier rather than sicker!

is a board-certified Chiropractic Physician and Life Coach who also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology, and a minor in Medical Research. She is a life-long athlete who after curing herself 100% naturally from MS and anxiety, became an avid nutrition health researcher/promoter.

She has been featured in many Health magazines and has been a guest on radio talk shows in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is the author of Health Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession, Founder of Online Holistic Health, and a contributing writer for other popular informative health website/blogs.

She is the host of Holistic Health Radio – where she discusses how she recovered her health as well as other hot health topics, and she is also co-founder of Crazy Meets Common Sense! – The Podcast that Makes Sense Out of the Crazy, to Help You Live a More Healthy, Fulfilling and Empowering Life!

2 Comments

Conditions like depression and anxiety can work in a cycle that, without the right tools or knowledge, can be difficult to break out of. External stressors leave the body depleted. Nutrient deficiencies seem to make it harder to deal with those external stressors, thereby increasing the pressure from those stressors. Stronger stressors lead to greater depletions. And so on and so forth. It’s truly regrettable that Big Pharma refuses to acknowledge the nutritional components of such conditions, all for money.

Thank you for this post, Michelle! More people need to be aware that the solution to conditions like these isn’t in a bottle of dangerous pills but in better food, lifestyle habits, and–if needed–high quality supplements. It’s really just about finding the root cause and addressing that in order to find a healthy solution.

Online Holistic Health
May 31, 2017 @
14:41:54

Hi Sergey! I couldn’t agree more…it is all about getting to the root cause and not simply masking the symptom(s).